I

sometimes wonder if weavers dont owe Marguerite Porter Davison more than we
even think we do. When I was looking for a history of the use of twills by handweavers, I found only in her A Handweavers Pattern Book the clear implication that
you can thread one of an amazing number of twillls and then, by varying the treadling,
weave an even more amazing number of patterns. Since the middle of the last century,
weavers have been putting this awareness to use. This eBook gives you the tools to
extend the twills in Davisons book along with those in many other resources into original
designs. Each project in this eBook presents a type of twill with how-to information for
drafting and designing it in addition to a beautiful project to weave. A type of twill
devloped very recently but not considered suitable for four shafts is also included here
in Barbara Elkinss 4-shaft advancing-twill adaptation. From simple twill stripes to pick--up
mock-satin damask, this book has what you need to make other weavers exclaim when
they see your fabrics: Surely that took more than four shafts!

conTEnTS
Twill Glossar y ...... ............................................................................ 1
Twill Resources ...... ............................................................................ 2
Advancing-Twill Placemats and Runner
Barbara Elkins ......... ............................................................................ 3
A Fra ction of the Twill Stor y .............................................................. 6
Twills with a Twist: Undulation by Design
Doramay Keasbey ..... ............................................................................ 7
Simple Twill Towels
Margaret Gaynes ...... ............................................................................ 9
Twill Basics
Madelyn van der Hoogt ........................................................................ 12
Pillow in Birds-Eye Twill
Matilda MacGeorge .... .......................................................................... 13
Blue Plaid Lap Robe in Dornick Twill
Sharon Alderman ...... .......................................................................... 15
Glowing Embers Scarf
Leslie Voiers ...................................................................................... 17
Twill-Block Towels on Four Shafts
Gloria Martin ........... .......................................................................... 19
White Rabbit Tea Towels
Alison Ir win ............. .......................................................................... 21
Nine-Patch Picnic Mats
Alison Ir win ............. .......................................................................... 25
Minuet in Color: Runner and Mats
Tracy Kaestner ......... .......................................................................... 27
Variations on a Musical Theme: Two Scar ves
Doramay Keasbey ............................................................................... 29
Tips for Planning, Hemstitching, and Fringing ................................... 34
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Editor in ChiEf Madelyn van der Hoogt
CrEAtiVE dirECtor Linda Ligon

C R E AT I V E S E R V I C E S
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ProduCtion dirECtor Trish Faubion
ProduCtion Editor Nancy Arndt

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dirECtor of MArKEting Mary KinCannon
MArKEting sPECiAlist Whitney Dorband

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